God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
and Wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life;
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen
-Reinhold Niebuhr
from http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/special/serenity.html
